{"id":40713,"date":"2026-01-12T00:01:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T05:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/?p=40713"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:00:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T20:00:35","slug":"retraction-of-journal-article-on-weed-killer-glyphosate-roundup-safety-sparks-call-for-oversight-hearings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2026\/01\/retraction-of-journal-article-on-weed-killer-glyphosate-roundup-safety-sparks-call-for-oversight-hearings\/","title":{"rendered":"Retraction of Journal Article on Weed Killer Glyphosate (Roundup\u2122) Safety Sparks Call for Oversight Hearings"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

(Beyond Pesticides<\/em>, January 12, 2026) With a pattern of chemical industry deception of independent scientific review, and the recent retraction <\/a>of an influential Monsanto ghostwritten article (April 2000) on the weed killer glyphosate (Roundup\u2122), Beyond Pesticides and its network are calling for oversight hearings in Congress. At issue is the reliance of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on industry data and agency collusion with chemical manufacturers<\/a> on its decisions. Beyond Pesticides is questioning the underlying reliability of the data, in addition to limitations of the regulatory review process in meeting its statutory duty to protect health and the environment. In addition to the deception, key underlying deficiencies are EPA\u2019s failure to evaluate endocrine disrupting pesticides <\/a>and synergistic effects<\/a> of chemical mixtures. Given these deficiencies and the cost effectiveness of organic land management and crop production Beyond Pesticides is asking Congress\u00a0to\u00a0hold oversight hearings to\u00a0determine\u00a0how EPA can\u00a0eliminate\u00a0the\u00a0use of toxic pesticides\u00a0that are\u00a0no longer\u00a0needed\u00a0to grow food\u00a0or manage landscapes cost-effectively.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Critically, the\u00a0Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act<\/em>\u00a0(FIFRA) and EPA’s pesticide program allow toxic chemicals to be dispersed, resulting in\u00a0widespread negative impacts<\/a>, without regard for the availability of cost-effective and profitable alternatives that are eco-sensitive and health protective. Consideration of the essentiality of synthetic substance use in agriculture is addressed in the\u00a0Organic Foods Production Act<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(OFPA), along with stringent restrictions on\u00a0their\u00a0approval in\u00a0certified\u00a0organic production. The success of organic\u00a0food production<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0land management practices<\/a>\u00a0demonstrates how pointless this dispersal of toxic chemicals is.<\/p>\r\n

It was uncovered\u00a0in lawsuit documents that the authors of the\u00a0retracted\u00a0study, which\u00a0concludes\u00a0that the\u202fweed killer glyphosate\u202fdid not cause cancer,\u00a0did not\u202fdisclose\u202ftheir relationship with Monsanto\/Bayer.\u202fThe (co) editor-in-chief of\u202fRegulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology<\/a><\/em>, Martin van den Berg, PhD, which published the article 25 years ago,\u202fwrote\u202fin the journal, \u201cConcerns were raised regarding the authorship of this paper, validity of the research findings in the context of misrepresentation of the contributions by the authors and the study sponsor and potential conflicts of interest of the authors.\u201d\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

The study, titled \u201cSafety Evaluation and Risk Assessment of the Herbicide Roundup and Its Active Ingredient, Glyphosate<\/a>, for Humans\u201d and coauthored by three researchers in New York, the Netherlands, and Canada, has been called a \u201cLandmark\u202fglyphosate\u202fsafety study,\u201d according to\u202fa recent article by\u202fU.S. Right to Know<\/a>.\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

While this retraction reveals Monsanto’s influence through ghostwriting,\u202fit\u202falso sheds light on the regulatory deficiencies\u202fin the law governing pesticides\u2014FIFRA. The\u202frevelation\u202fis a reminder\u202fof related\u00a0incidents<\/a> in which Monsanto (Bayer) and other companies have\u202fwielded excessive influence\u202fat EPA, undermining the integrity of the\u202fscience needed to inform\u202fthe\u202fregulatory decisions that\u202fsafeguard health and the environment.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

The current issue of the industry-ghostwritten study\u202fis symptomatic of the deficiencies in the pesticide regulatory process.\u202fEPA\u202frelies on chemical manufacturers to generate the\u202funderlying laboratory animal data<\/a>\u202fthat is used for pesticide registration and has been\u00a0historically criticized<\/a>\u00a0for an inadequate audit process to ensure compliance with standard laboratory practices.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

FIFRA<\/a>\u00a0contains\u00a0a statement\u2014known as the essentiality clause\u2014stating, \u201cThe Administrator shall not make any lack of essentiality a criterion for denying registration of any pesticide. Where two pesticides meet the requirements of this paragraph, one should not be registered in\u00a0preference to the other.\u201d Although the second sentence makes it clear that \u201clack of essentiality\u201d applies to the existence of a competing product, EPA has interpreted the essentiality clause as meaning that the agency cannot use the determination that a pesticide is not needed to deny registration.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Beyond Pesticides and\u00a0others\u2014including organic farmers and advocates\u2014have\u00a0long argued<\/a>\u00a0that the failure of EPA to consider the viability, productivity, and profitability of\u202forganic practices<\/a>\u202fand product alternatives to conventional pesticides means the agency’s registration and registration review of toxic pesticides\u202fhave not been subject to a complete assessment. In this context and given the availability of \u202fless \u202fand nontoxic \u202falternatives, EPA has failed in its responsibility to ensure that pesticides registered for use under\u202fFIFRA\u202fwill not cause unreasonable adverse effects.\u202f<\/p>\r\n

The inadequacies in the regulation of petrochemical pesticides and synthetic fertilizers support the urgent need for the widespread adoption of safer alternatives. The\u202fholistic approach\u202fof organic agriculture and land management protects all organisms, including humans, and the environment through the elimination of harmful toxicants and the focus on building soil health. This also mitigates the\u202fcurrent crises<\/a>\u202fof biodiversity, public health, and climate change, among other\u202fbenefits<\/a>.\u202fIn focusing on building soil health, which\u00a0in turn creates a healthy system, with only allowable materials through the\u202fNational Organic Standards Board<\/a> (NOSB), the pesticide treadmill can be\u202fbroken, and all workers, consumers, and wildlife can truly be protected.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Rather than ignoring OFPA as a way of marketing specialty products,\u00a0Beyond Pesticides maintains that Congress must use it\u00a0as a model for\u00a0eliminating\u00a0the use of toxic pesticides and fertilizers.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Letter to Congress
\r\n<\/strong>In recognition of the recent retraction of an article central to support for the use of the weed killer glyphosate (Roundup\u2122), it is important to understand that regulators\u2019 dependence on pesticide companies for health and safety data is the rule rather than the exception. Congress must hold oversight hearings to ensure that toxic pesticides do not pose unnecessary\u2014and therefore unreasonable\u2014adverse effects, as required by law.<\/p>\r\n

Critically, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act<\/em> (FIFRA) and EPA\u2019s pesticide program allow toxic chemicals to be dispersed, resulting in widespread negative impacts, without regard for need. The consideration of essentiality is addressed in the Organic Foods Production Act<\/em> (OFPA), along with stringent restrictions on approval of synthetic chemicals for use in certified organic production. The success of organic food production and land management practices demonstrates how pointless this dispersal of toxic chemicals is.<\/p>\r\n

An apparently definitive study\u202fconcluding that the\u202fweed killer glyphosate\u202fdid not cause cancer\u202fwas retracted\u202flast month\u202fafter it was revealed in\u202flawsuit documents\u202fthat\u202fthe authors did not\u202fdisclose\u202ftheir relationship with Monsanto\/Bayer. This serves as a reminder\u202fof related incidents in\u202fwhich\u202fpesticide companies have\u202fwielded excessive influence\u202fat\u202fEPA. In undermining the integrity of the\u202fscience needed to inform\u202fthe\u202fregulatory decisions that\u202fsafeguard health and the environment, the industry-ghostwritten study\u202fis symptomatic of the deficiencies in pesticide regulatory processes.\u202fEPA\u202frelies on chemical manufacturers to generate the\u202funderlying laboratory animal data\u202fthat is used for pesticide registration and has been historically criticized for an inadequate audit process to ensure compliance with standard laboratory practices.\u202f<\/p>\r\n

FIFRA contains a statement\u2014known as the essentiality clause\u2014stating, \u201cThe Administrator shall not make any lack of essentiality a criterion for denying registration of any pesticide. Where two pesticides meet the requirements of this paragraph, one should not be registered in preference to the other.\u201d Although the second sentence makes it clear that \u201clack of essentiality\u201d applies to the existence of a competing product, EPA has interpreted the essentiality clause as meaning that the agency cannot use the determination that a pesticide is not needed to deny registration.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Many have long argued that the failure of EPA to consider the viability, productivity, and profitability of\u202forganic practices\u202fand product alternatives to conventional pesticides means the agency\u2019s registration and registration review of toxic pesticides\u202fhave not been subject to a complete assessment. In this context and given the availability of\u202fless\u202fand\u202fnontoxic\u202falternatives, EPA has failed in its responsibility to ensure that pesticides registered for use under\u202fFIFRA\u202fwill not cause unreasonable adverse effects.\u202f<\/p>\r\n

The inadequacies in the regulation of petrochemical pesticides and fertilizers support the urgent need for the widespread adoption of safer alternatives. The\u202fholistic approach\u202fof organic agriculture and land management protects all organisms, including humans, and the environment through the elimination of harmful toxicants and the focus on building soil health. It also mitigates the\u202fcurrent crises\u202fof biodiversity, public health, and climate change.\u202fIn focusing on building soil health, creating a healthy system, with only allowable materials through the\u202fNational Organic Standards Board, the pesticide treadmill can be\u202fbroken, and all workers, consumers, and wildlife can truly be protected. OFPA can serve as a model for eliminating the use of toxic pesticides and fertilizers.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Please call for oversight hearings to ensure that toxic pesticides do not pose unnecessary\u2014and therefore unreasonable\u2014adverse effects, as required by law.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Thank you.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Beyond Pesticides, January 12, 2026) With a pattern of chemical industry deception of independent scientific review, and the recent retraction of an influential Monsanto ghostwritten article (April 2000) on the weed killer glyphosate (Roundup\u2122), Beyond Pesticides and its network are calling for oversight hearings in Congress. At issue is the reliance of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on industry data and agency collusion with chemical manufacturers on its decisions. Beyond Pesticides is questioning the underlying reliability of the data, in addition to limitations of the regulatory review process in meeting its statutory duty to protect health and the environment. In addition to the deception, key underlying deficiencies are EPA\u2019s failure to evaluate endocrine disrupting pesticides and synergistic effects of chemical mixtures. 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